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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Matthew Weaver

Calls for Brighton hospital to suspend surgeons amid patient deaths inquiry

Exterior of the Royal Sussex County hospital in Brighton
The NHS trust that runs the Royal Sussex County hospital in Brighton says it has confidence in the surgeons involved. Photograph: Simon Dack News/Alamy

A hospital is being urged to suspend surgeons whose operations are being examined by police as part of a widening investigation into alleged medical negligence and cover-ups over dozens of deaths and harm to patients.

Sussex police have yet to confirm the number of cases under investigation in the general surgery and neurosurgery departments at Royal Sussex County hospital in Brighton. But since it was launched in June, Operation Bramber has widened to include more recent cases and is now believed to involve alleged mistakes in the treatment of more than 100 patients from 2015 and 2021, including at least 40 who died.

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